Kam-Biu Luk
Kam-Biu Luk | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | The University of Hong Kong Rutgers University |
Known for | Neutrino Oscillation Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment |
Awards | Sloan Fellowship (1990-94) Panofsky Prize (2014) Fellow of the American Physical Society Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Breakthrough Prize (2016) Future Science Prize (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics Particle Physics |
Institutions | University of California at Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fermilab past |
Kam-Biu Luk (Chinese:
Education and career
[edit]Luk graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1976 with a B.Sc in physics.[4] Shortly thereafter, Luk joined Rutgers University's physics Ph.D. program, completing his Ph.D. in 1983.
Luk continued his work in physics by conducting his postdoctoral research at the University of Washington in Seattle until 1986. In 1986, Luk became an R.R. Wilson Fellow at Fermilab, where he worked as an associate scientist until 1989. In 1989, Luk received a joint appointment as an assistant professor of the Physics Department at UC Berkeley and faculty scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. During his first two years working in Berkeley, Luk received the "Department of Energy outstanding junior investigator award", which is designed to "identify exceptionally talented new high energy physicists early in their careers, and to assist and facilitate the development of their research programs".[4][5] Luk was awarded a Sloan Fellowship between 1990 and 1994, which is awarded to "those who show the most outstanding promise of making fundamental contributions to new knowledge".[4][6]
Luk became a Miller Professor at UC Berkeley in the fall of 2001.[4] He was also a visiting professor in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.[7] Luk is currently a Hung Hing Ying distinguished visiting professor in science of The University of Hong Kong, and a senior visiting fellow of the Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Research area
[edit]Luk conducts research in particle physics both as a professor at UC Berkeley and as a scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Luk has published a number of papers on neutrino oscillation (see selected publications), including his 2014 Panofsky Prize winning research at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.[1][8] Luk is also known for his work on hyperon physics. His Ph.D. dissertation laid the foundation for determining the polarization of the
Selected publications
[edit]- Luk, Kam-Biu; K. Eguchi; et al. (17 January 2003). "First Results from KamLAND: Evidence for Reactor Antineutrino Disappearance". Physical Review Letters. 90 (2): 6. arXiv:hep-ex/0212021. Bibcode:2003PhRvL..90b1802E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.021802. PMID 12570536. S2CID 119344739.[11]
- Luk, Kam-Biu; F. P. An; et al. (7 March 2012). "Observation of Electron-Antineutrino Disappearance at Daya Bay". Physical Review Letters. 108 (17): 7. arXiv:1203.1669. Bibcode:2012PhRvL.108q1803A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.171803. PMID 22680853. S2CID 16580300.[12]
- Luk, Kam-Biu; T. Araki; S. Enomoto; K. Furuno; et al. (28 July 2005). "Experimental investigation of geologically produced antineutrinos with KamLAND". Nature. 436 (7050): 499–503. Bibcode:2005Natur.436..499A. doi:10.1038/nature03980. PMID 16049478. S2CID 4367737.[13]
- Luk, Kam-Biu; H.T. Diehl; et al. (12 August 1991). "Measurement of the
Ω − Magnetic Moment". Physical Review Letters. 67 (7): 804–807. Bibcode:1991PhRvL67..L.804D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.804. PMID 10044993.[14] - Luk, Kam-Biu; P.M. Ho; et al. (1 October 1990). "Production Polarization and Magnetic Moment of Anti-
Ξ + Anti-hyperons produced by 800-GeV/c Protons". Physical Review Letters. 65 (14): 1713–1716. Bibcode:1990PhRvL65qqL1713H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1713. PMID 10042344.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Berkeley's Kam-Biu Luk Wins Panofsky Prize for Daya Bay Experiment". Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "2014 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "Breakthrough Prize". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
- ^ a b c d "Kam-Biu Luk". Physics Department UC Berkeley. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "OUTSTANDING JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM". US Department of Energy. Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "History of the Sloan Fellowship". Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "visiting professor HKUST".
- ^ "Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment". UC Berkeley and LBNL. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
- ^ "CP Violation in Hyperon Decays". Fermilab. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
- ^ Luk, Kam-Biu; T. Holmstrom; et al. (21 December 2004). "Search for CP Violation in Charged-
Ξ andΛ Hyperon Decays". Physical Review Letters. 93 (14): 1713–1716. Bibcode:2004PhRvL9326L2001H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1713. PMID 10042344. - ^ Luk, Kam-Biu; K. Eguchi; et al. (17 January 2003). "First Results from KamLAND: Evidence for Reactor Antineutrino Disappearance". Physical Review Letters. 90 (2): 6. arXiv:hep-ex/0212021. Bibcode:2003PhRvL..90b1802E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.021802. PMID 12570536. S2CID 119344739.
- ^ Luk, Kam-Biu; F. P. An; et al. (7 March 2012). "Observation of Electron-Antineutrino Disappearance at Daya Bay". Physical Review Letters. 108 (17): 7. arXiv:1203.1669. Bibcode:2012PhRvL.108q1803A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.171803. PMID 22680853. S2CID 16580300.
- ^ Luk, Kam-Biu; T. Araki; S. Enomoto; K. Furuno; et al. (28 July 2005). "Experimental investigation of geologically produced antineutrinos with KamLAND". Nature. 436 (7050): 499–503. Bibcode:2005Natur.436..499A. doi:10.1038/nature03980. PMID 16049478. S2CID 4367737.
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Luk, Kam-Biu; H.T. Diehl; et al. (12 August 1991). "Measurement of the
Ω − Magnetic Moment". Physical Review Letters. 67 (7): 804–807. Bibcode:1991PhRvL67..L.804D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.804. PMID 10044993. - ^ Luk, Kam-Biu; P.M. Ho; et al. (1 October 1990). "Production Polarization and Magnetic Moment of Anti-
Ξ + Anti-hyperons produced by 800-GeV/c Protons". Physical Review Letters. 65 (14): 1713–1716. Bibcode:1990PhRvL65qqL1713H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1713. PMID 10042344.